MARINE MAMMALS
of Baja California
Only 5% of the total area of the Sea of Cortez is protected
36 species of marine mammals
890 species of fish
4,500 species of marine invertebrates
181 species of sea-birds
40% of the world's marine mammals are found in Mexico with 25% of them found in the rich waters of the Sea of Cortes, from the largest;
WHALES
Gray Whale (Eschirchtius robustus)
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acurostrata)
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Bryde's Whale (Balaenoptera brydei)
Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
Pigmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps & Kogia sima)
Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
Vaquita (Phocoena sinos)
SEA LIONS
Elefante Marino (Miroonga autustirostris)
Foca comun (Phoca vitulina)
Lobo marino (Zalophus californianus)
BEAKED-WHALES
Bairds Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii)
Longman Beaked Whale (Indopacetus pacificus)
Blainville Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)
Mesoplodon Pigmeo (Mesoplodon peruvianus)
Mesoplodonte spA
Cuvier Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
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DOLPHINS
Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus Capensis)
Pacific white-sided Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalben)
Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus)
White backed Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
Delfin Moteado (Stenella attenuata)
Rough-toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis)
Delfin Tornillo (Stenella longirostris)
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